Egill
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Egill, from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Egill m (proper noun, genitive singular Egils)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *Agilaz. Old Norse forms include Old Swedish Æghil and Old Danish Eghil. The Old High German cognates are Agilo, Egilo.[1] Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻- (agil-) may also be cognate.
Proper noun
[edit]Egill m
- a male given name
Inflection
[edit] Declension of Egill (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: Egill
- Faroese: Egil
- Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eigil
- Old Swedish: Æghil
- Swedish: Egil
- Old Danish: Eghil
- → Sami: Egel
References
[edit]- ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.
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